NOTE.– It is not intended that this Agreement shall be applied to men ranked as Timekeepers who are wholly occupied in checking Time or other records in offices or workshops for the use of Clerks in making out pay-bills, &c.

Similarly, it does not apply to Goods and other Checkers whose work is of a recording character for the purpose of enabling Clerks to prepare invoices, &c., or to men employed as Messengers, Office Assistants, Office Porters, or others whose work is of a miscellaneous character, and who in the course of their duties have to assist in routine office work.

14. – Date of Application of Arrangement.

The foregoing arrangements, unless otherwise provided, to be considered as having come into operation on and from August 1st, 1919, and any increased payments due under this Agreement, including any arrears accruing since that date, to be made to the staff on or before March 1st, 1920. No man dealt with under this scheme shall at the date the new scales come into force, viz., March 1st, 1920, receive less than his existing salary or wages, plus War Bonus.

15. – Staff excluded from the Scheme.

This scheme does not apply to: –

(a) Technical Staff.

(b) Hotel and Refreshment Departments’ Staff.

(c) Staff on Railway Companies’ Sea-going Vessels.

(d) Personal Staff inn the General Managers’, Secretaries’ and Solicitors’ Departments.

16. – Procedure for Dealing with Applications for Revision of Classification.

(a) Clerks who feel that their classification is not satisfactory shall make application in writing to their superior officers, for their case to be re-considered, setting out the grounds on which they base their claim.